UPM Raflatac Launches New Freezer-grade Solution

MILLS RIVER, NC—January 22, 2013—UPM Raflatac recently launched a range of products featuring RH15, a new freezer-grade hotmelt adhesive for the Americas market. RH15 is designed to adhere to frosty-, wet- or moist-packaging. And, it can also be used for standard, unfrozen applications.

Many adhesives will not stick to a product if it has been frozen during the packaging process. But, UPM Raflatac's RH15 products offer a solution to this labeling challenge. High initial tack and lasting adhesion allows these labelstocks to adhere to items with high-condensation, moisture or frost—including corrugated cardboard. They’re ideal for food packaging and greenhouse/plant nursery environments, as well as retail information; and logistics and transport labeling. It’s even appropriate to use them for indirect poultry labeling; RH15 will stick to frozen- and thawed-poultry packaging, and it is compositionally compliant with FDA regulation 21 CFR 175.105 - Adhesives.

About UPM Raflatac
UPM Raflatac, part of UPM’s Engineered Materials business group, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of self-adhesive label materials. UPM Raflatac has a global service network consisting of 15 factories on six continents and a broad network of sales offices and slitting and distribution terminals worldwide. UPM Raflatac employs 2,400 people and made sales of over USD 1.6 billion (EUR 1.1 billion) in 2011.